About Cloud Infrastructure Automation

This guide provides detailed instructions on how to configure the Cloud Server (CS) Hosting and VPS Hosting offers and manage them in Cloud Infrastructure Automation. The guide assumes that you have a basic understanding of how CloudBlue Commerce works. For more information about the general concepts and terms in CloudBlue Commerce, please refer to the Getting Started with CloudBlue Commerce Guide.

Cloud Infrastructure Automation is an IaaS solution that allows you to rapidly and profitably deliver cloud infrastructure services to medium and large businesses. The Cloud Infrastructure Automation solution combines the hosting automation platform and Cloud Infrastructure module and supports Virtuozzo and OpenVZ virtualization technologies.

Cloud Infrastructure Automation high-level architecture is shown below.

Cloud Infrastructure Automation provides you with the following functionality:

1. At the presentation level:

   • PCP allows providers to manage their system infrastructure, applications, resources, billing, and configure product offers for customers.
   • RCP allows resellers to manage all aspects of their cloud and hosting services. Resellers can use delegated CS and VPS Hosting service plans, set up their own prices, and resell plans to customers.
   • CCP allows customers to manage purchased cloud servers and VPSs, manage subscriptions, purchase new services, upgrade and upsell existing services. It also allows customers' end-users to use services.
   • The online store allows providers to sell CS and VPS Hosting plans online.

2. At the management and provisioning level:

   • An operations part of the system allows you to manage hardware infrastructure, network, service provisioning, applications, accounts and subscriptions, configure branding and monitor the system.
   • A billing part of the system allows you to manage orders, payments, product offers, marketing programs, view sale reports and so on.

3. At the cloud orchestration level:

   • A provider can manage cloud infrastructure, virtual servers, storage, network, server images and backups, OS templates, and application templates.

4. At the virtualization level:

   • The Virtuozzo virtualization solution supports Linux containers and Linux and Windows virtual machines.
   • The OpenVZ virtualization solution supports Linux containers as well as Linux and Windows virtual machines.